Cincinnati Preservation Association presents "Famous Architects of Glendale", an illustrated lecture by historian Beth Sullebarger, on Thursday at 7:30 P.M. at the First Presbyterian Church, 155 Fountain Avenue in Glendale.

Co-sponsored by the Betts House Research Center, the lecture will show how the picturesque planned community, named a National Historic Landmark in 1977, became a magnet for many great architects.

At least eight architects loved Glendale so much that they made it their home, including:

• James K. Wilson and son H. Neill Wilson, designer of the Plum Street Temple;
• A.B. Mullett, who in 1860 became supervising architect of the U.S. Department of the Treasury responsible for all federal buildings;
• Frederick Garber, who designed such buildings as Walnut Hills and Withrow high schools and the Dixie Terminal Building;
• Harry Hake, Jr., designer of the Cincinnati & Suburban Telephone Co. Building and UC's Tangeman University Center, among others;
• Stanley Matthews, known for Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center;
• Archibald Denison, who established the Ohio University Department of Architecture and renovated many Glendale homes; and
• Woody Garber, a leading Modernist who not only built his home on a site, but the folded-plate-roofed Christ Church Cathedral chapel.

A donation of $10 is suggested. Reservations can be made by calling CPA at .

Sullebarger, a historic preservation consultant based in Glendale, is a former executive director of the Cincinnati Preservation Association and member of the City of Cincinnati Historic Conservation Board.

She's currently working on the rehabilitation of the Golden Lamb in Lebanon, the restoration of the Louis Hauck Summer House in Sharonville, and the conversion of the former Fairview German Language School into apartments.

Previous reading on BC:
Betts House receives state award for 'Great Cincinnati Families' exhibit (11/16/09)
Bus tour to highlight Emerys' contributions to Cincinnati's built environment (5/21/09)
Saturday lecture to examine local New Deal architecture (3/4/09)
Historic residence exhibit at Christ Church Cathedral (2/12/09)